I am talking with my friend Caleb. He said in addition to the bladder stones he also has stage 0 bladder cancer. He smokes heavily- 2 packs a day at least- and one of the leading causes of bladder cancer is smoking. I asked him how he managed to not smoke the two weeks he was in the hospital and he said he was distracted by the pain and everything that was going on. I asked if he started smoking again now that he's home and he said yes! He said the bottom line is that he doesnt really want to quit smoking- he's too addicted and he likes smoking too much. Read that again: smoking is likely causing him cancer and he still chooses to smoke! Ugh. This makes me so mad and sad.